Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-12-16
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complete. c. w. Browns Charlestown
Jewelry Store.
The Benjamin Byers farm, near Maui
gansville, Washington county, contain
ing 40 acres, was sold to Abraham Mill
Ter Tuesday at $50 20 per acre.
A collision of freight trains occurred
near the Baltimore and Ohio depot at
Martinsburg Saturday, resulting in
throwing an engine off the track and
demolishing number of coal hoppers.
The trainmen made a narrow escape.
If you have an absent son, brother,
daughter, sister or friend, and are puz-
zled as to what you shall give such III
one for a Christmas present, send IHE
REGISTER for one year. 1t will pleas
antly remind them of you every week
in the year.
The annual meeting of the Shenan-
doah County Fair Association was held
at Woodstock, Va, Monday, and officers
were elected. The society, by unani-
nous vote, decided to not allow any
liquor TO be sold, or any gambling on
its grounds.
The stockholders of the new Building
! Association are called 10 meet in the
| Council Room next Tuesday evening at
! o'clock for the purpose of electlng
board of directors and to transact other
necessary business. All Interested
should attend.
/ Fleming Il Snyder, Real Estate
/ Agents, have sold the Kennedy lot,
| about a half mile east of town, TO Mr..
/ ii. W. Potts for the sum of 500 cash.
/ The lot has been vacant and uncultlva-
/ ted for many years. 1t is beautiful
| site for q residence.
Mr.. Jacob 7. Hagley, who has been
/ i'm the merchandise business at Duiiields,
this county, for Il number of years,
made an assignment last week, for she
/ benefit of his creditors, TO Jacob NJ. Keep
| hart, trustee. Preferred creditors to
/ the amount of about 81, 100 are named.
The mill of the Potomac Pulp Com
many at Dam No. 5 has been completed
and the manufacture of wood pulp will
be commenced this week. Wool OF cord
size, from which the bark has been re-
moved, is received at the mill, where it
is sawed into pieces about foot long.
/ These are converted into pulp by the
action OF grindstOneS.
Superintendent Baird, of the Dead
Letter office, has issued circular to
postmaSters directing the strict en-
forcement of the postal laws, which re-
quire postmasters 10 collect cent on all
letters advertised or posted up in list
when such letters are delivered. IL is
thought that the execution of this order
will add largely To the postal revenues.
", owner Of the stallion Banker, has
closed a contract with Prof. o. X. Glea-
son. in Washington, tor the subjuga-
49,; , L., horsa IN. animal has
killed several men and injured several
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